cricket: the low self-esteem sport

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Well, it's now official. The NFL's gonna play a regular season game in
Pommieland this October. Not an exhibition game, a full-fledged league
game. And where're they holding it? 90,000 seat Wembley Stadium.
First class all the way, baby! And think the Yanks are deterred cause
football's never caught on in Pommieland? The NFL's never gonna stop
boldly, confidently, proclaiming how great their game is to the entire
world. And Inspirationless Cricket Council? Has yet to run so much as a
single, stinkin', exhibition match in Yankland. And if they ever do it'll
be on some little, crappy, 5,000 seat ground. "But the Yanks don't like
us! They'll call us names and hurt our feelings! Boo-hoo, boo-hoo. So
much easier to not even try." ICC should change their logo to a mangy
dog running away with it's tail between its legs.
 
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Do you actually think before posting your thoughts?

Another poor attempt at downgrading the ICC
 
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Guru™;133753 said:
Do you actually think before posting your thoughts?

Another poor attempt at downgrading the ICC
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Timmy is part of the shadow group attempting to replace the ICC as the head of World Cricket. :)

is all seriousness, its pretty impressive that the NFL will play a game at Wembly. I think there's a pretty good chance they will sell it out too. What teams are they sending there? Cowboys i would think since they are probably the most well know team over there ( i assume).

its not fair to comapr the NFL to cricket though, timmy. just no way can you do it, and call it fair. two totally different sports and two totally different levels in poularity on the world scale.

whats the latest with the Aussie India trip to nyc/toronto?
 
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"its not fair to comapr the NFL to cricket though... two totally different sports and two totally different levels in poularity on the world scale."



Pray, how so? Gridiron football's popular in just TWO, count 'em, TWO
countries. Yet the Yanks aren't deterred in the least that it can catch
on with the rest of the world. Cricket? Sport of English speaking world.
Bat-and-ball sport. Yankland: English speaking country. Bat-and-ball
culture. 1 + 1 = 2. Inspirationless Cricket Council: 1 + 1 = 0.
 
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"whats the latest with the Aussie India trip to nyc/toronto/"


Off. Never on. ICC: "Yanks don't understand our game! They'll make fun
of us! Boo-hoo-hoo! Don't bother us! Self-defeatism is what we're about!"
 
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What are you talking about? The ICC were going to invest in staging games in the US through Project USA, they only pulled the plug because of the incompetence of USACA. I think you levelling much of the blame at the ICC when it should be directed at the USACA.

The fact is the ICC is not like the NFL, as far as sporting organisations go, they are poles apart. Unless the USACA gets it's act together the only top class cricket the could possibly happen is the money spinners aranged by India & co which although better than nothing, the money would not go back into developing the game in the US.

It is not the ICC's role nor within it's powers I would imagine, to stage & market cricket in the USA then dole out development money to who it sees fit, without going through the USACA.
 
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Rumor has it that after the Wembley game the NFL's gonna stage a game in
Australia. NFL rep met with Australian stadium officials and said (said, not asked)the test match
scheduled at the stadium on that date would have to be cancelled so the NFL can play
its game. CA chairman started to object but the NFL rep just gave him
an icy stare and he shut up, didn't talk again. So the assertive, self-confident, sports beat down the low self-esteem sports.


Rumor also had it that when news of the Wembley game came out one
innovative, think-outside-the-box, person mentioned to Speedo that
if the NFL is playing a game in a cricket country ICC should hold a 20/20
match in Yankee Stadium. But as soon as he started talking Speedo
put his hands over his ears and ran away yelling "No! No! Leave us
alone! Leave us alone!" Everyone was expecting him to show up for work the
next day wearing a skirt and pantyhose.
 
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